Garwood Public Schools

Garwood Public Schools
400 Second Avenue
Garwood, NJ 07027
District information
Grades K to 8
Superintendent Dr. Teresa Quigley
Business administrator Eric Larson
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 527 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 26.3 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 20.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group DE
Website www.garwoodschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,63126$18,891-6.7%
1Budgetary Cost11,125714,159-21.4%
2Classroom Instruction6,35938,659-26.6%
6Support Services1,487102,167-31.4%
8Administrative Cost1,476191,547-4.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,661271,6123.0%
13Extracurricular Activities1323310426.9%
16Median Teacher Salary58,8143961,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Garwood Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Garwood, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 527 students and 26.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 20.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings.[3]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Arthur L. Johnson High School in neighboring Clark as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Clark Public School District.[4][5] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 790 students and 68.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[6]

Schools

Lincoln School served 372 students for kindergarten to eighth grade as of the 2014-15 school year.[7][8]

  • Mary Emmons, Principal[9]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9][10]

  • Dr. Teresa Quigley, Superintendent[11]
  • Eric Larson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Garwood Boro, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Clark Township Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 5, 2016. "The school district educates more than 2,350 students in five buildings and enjoys a very positive and collaborative send/receive relationship with the Garwood Public Schools. Students from Garwood are educated in their local K-8 district. They subsequently attend grades 9-12 at our Arthur L. Johnson High School here in Clark."
  5. ↑ About Us, Garwood Public Schools. Accessed June 5, 2016. "High school students attend ALJ High School in Clark, NJ"
  6. ↑ School data for Arthur L. Johnson High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Garwood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Administration, Garwood Public Schools. Accessed January 12, 2017.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Superintendent, Garwood Public Schools. Accessed January 12, 2017.
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